Early life and career

Roberts was born on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois, the daughter of railroad dining car waiter Bert Fitzgerald Roberts and Hildren Brodie (née Johnson). She graduated summa cum laude from Howard University in 1945. While at Howard, she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and she participated in one of the nation's first lunch counter sit-ins in 1943. There she met William Beasley Harris, a member of the Howard law faculty; they were married on September 1, 1955. She did postgraduate work at the University of Chicago and at American University in 1949
Until 1953, she worked as the Assistant Director of the American Council on Human Rights. She was the first national executive director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, of which she was a member. Roberts received her J.D. from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1960, ranking number one out of a class of 94 students.

Early life and career

Roberts was born on May 31, 1924, in Mattoon, Illinois, the daughter of railroad dining car waiter Bert Fitzgerald Roberts and Hildren Brodie (née Johnson). She graduated summa cum laude from Howard University in 1945. While at Howard, she was elected Phi Beta Kappa, and she participated in one of the nation's first lunch counter sit-ins in 1943. There she met William Beasley Harris, a member of the Howard law faculty; they were married on September 1, 1955. She did postgraduate work at the University of Chicago and at American University in 1949
Until 1953, she worked as the Assistant Director of the American Council on Human Rights. She was the first national executive director of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, of which she was a member. Roberts received her J.D. from the George Washington University National Law Center in 1960, ranking number one out of a class of 94 students.

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